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From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Checkbox difficulties
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:32:17 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <23215.1317681137@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> of "Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:55:39 EDT." <m2ehyuuntg.fsf@pluto.luannocracy.com>

Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> wrote:

> 
> on Mon Oct 03 2011, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos-AT-hp.com> wrote:
> 
> > Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Wow, that's awesome... we're *so* close... but how do I get it to
> >> automatically mark the item DONE when the last box is checked?
> >> 
> >
> > Take a look at
> >
> >      http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/42715/focus=42721
> 
> Works!  Oh-so-awesome!  Shouldn't these capabilities be built-in and
> shipped as first class Org features?
> 

Well, if the function can be made to work completely generally, maybe:
as it stands, it is more a proof-of-concept than a complete solution.

I added an entry in the FAQ on Worg about this - I figured this is the
second time the question has been asked on the list: ergo it's a FAQ ;-)

   http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-9-7

You might want to read the entry: it includes a slightly revised function
but it also includes a couple of caveats that explain why I think it's
not a complete solution:

Nick

  reply	other threads:[~2011-10-04  0:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-02 19:06 Checkbox difficulties Dave Abrahams
2011-10-02 19:11 ` John Hendy
2011-10-02 19:15 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2011-10-02 20:57   ` Dave Abrahams
2011-10-02 21:02     ` Dave Abrahams
2011-10-02 22:04       ` Nicolas Goaziou
2011-10-03  5:50     ` Nick Dokos
2011-10-03 14:50       ` Dave Abrahams
2011-10-03 14:55       ` Dave Abrahams
2011-10-03 22:32         ` Nick Dokos [this message]
2011-10-06 21:25           ` Dave Abrahams
2011-10-11 14:08             ` Dave Abrahams

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